LEAD ABATEMENT SUPERVISOR
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || ALREADY
GRADED A+ < LATEST VERSION >
1. Identify the materials used for enclosure -ANSWER 🗸 Drywall
Vinyl siding
Plywood
Paneling
Caulk and sealant
2. Hazards that exist in residential environments -ANSWER 🗸 Lead dust
Lead contaminated soil
Peeling, chipping paint
Folk remedies
3. Describe how children are typically exposed to lead -ANSWER 🗸 Hand to
mouth activities
Worker take home dust
4. Identify the common routes of worker lead exposure -ANSWER 🗸
Inhalation
Ingestion
5. Describe the basic health effects of lead to workers -ANSWER 🗸
Stomachache
Nausea
Headache
Memory loss
, High Blood pressure
Kidney damage
6. Describe the OSHA ( and other requirements) for lead abatement worker
training -ANSWER 🗸 Info on respirators and their use, types, proper fit
Medical exams for everyone working with lead
Describing what your employer is doing to reduce your exposure to lead
7. Describe the RCRA regulations and regulated information regarding waste
disposal for lead abatement projects -ANSWER 🗸 Commercial/ industrial
projects- tested, labeled, hauled correctly
Residential property- household hazardous waste exemption
8. Identify the lead RCRA definitions of hazardous waste and testing
procedures -ANSWER 🗸 TCLP test- toxic characteristic leaching procedure
Detects how much lead would leach out of the waste. 5mg/l= hazardous
waste
Lead meets the toxicity part of being a hazardous waste
9. "Competent Person for health and safety" as defined by OSHA -ANSWER
🗸 A person who can identify hazards
Someone who can take corrective action
10.OSHA respirator protection standards relevant to lead abatement work -
ANSWER 🗸 When above the permissible exposure limit:
Need to wear HEPA filter and any other appropriate filter
Have a written respiratory program in place
11.OSHA general industry standards relevant to lead abatement work -
ANSWER 🗸 Similar to the construction rule except: it pertains to exposure
to lead when it is not
Construction
Agriculture
Factory manufacturing
Medical removal is different
Return to work level is different
12.Describe blood monitoring requirements -ANSWER 🗸 If air monitoring is
above the action level
, 30ug/m3 for more than 30 days/year
Every 2 months for the first 6 months
If above 40ug/dl then back to every 2 months
At 50ug/dl- medical removal (if 2 consecutive tests)
13.Recognize the correct wording of lead wording signs -ANSWER 🗸
DANGER: Lead work area
May Damage Fertility or the Unborn Child, Cause Damage to the Central
Nervous System, Do Not Eat, Drink, or Smoke in this Area
14.Describe the OSHA construction standards (other than lead regs) -ANSWER
🗸 -Fall protection
-Eye protection
-Hazard Communication
-Anything having to do with worker protection and construction (including
asbestos)
15.Describe the general requirements specified by the OSHA construction
standards -ANSWER 🗸 -Train your people
-Monitor the air they're breathing (PEL is 50ug/m3, AL is 30ug/m3)
-Take steps to reduce exposure to lead
-Do blood monitoring
Keep adequate records
16.Describe the exposure monitoring and written compliance plan requirements
specified by the OSHA lead in construction standards -ANSWER 🗸 -
Depending on what Class work it is, assume a certain exposure of lead
-Adjust respirator after finding out what exposure is
-Document what type of work is being done
-Exposure below AL (30ug/m3) is considered negative assessment. Not
repeated until job conditions change
-If exposure is above PEL (50ug/m3) monitor every 3 months
-between 30-50ug/m3, monitor every 6 months
-written compliance plan
17.Exposure assessment schedule when assessment reports levels below AL
(30ug/m3) -ANSWER 🗸 Not repeated until job conditions change
, 18.Exposure assessment schedule if exposure is above PEL (50ug/m3) -
ANSWER 🗸 Every 3 months
19.Exposure assessment schedule if exposure is between AL (30ug/m3) and
PEL (50ug/m3) -ANSWER 🗸 Every 6 months
20.OSHA hazard communication standards (HAZCOM) relevent to Lead
Abatement work -ANSWER 🗸 -Train workers about hazards they're
working with and how to respond appropriately
-label containers
-Distribute MSDS
21.OSHA Action Level for lead -ANSWER 🗸 30ug/m3
22.OSHA Permissible exposure level for lead -ANSWER 🗸 50ug/m3
23.How often do lead abatement supervisors need to take a refresher course? -
ANSWER 🗸 Every 2 years
24.The units used to express lead levels in air -ANSWER 🗸 ug/m3
25.The units used to express lead levels in soil -ANSWER 🗸 ppm
26.The units used to express lead levels in dust -ANSWER 🗸 ug/sq ft.
27.HUD and EPA post-abatement clearance standards for lead in dust -
ANSWER 🗸 Floor= 40 ug/ft2
Sill= 250 ug/ft2
Well= 400 ug/ft2
28.Describe the purpose and focus of the HUD guidelines -ANSWER 🗸 -
Provide guidance for federally assisted housing
- It has become a standard for the industry
29.Why is it important to ensure that worker certification cards and certificates
are current? -ANSWER 🗸 - So they don't have to take the full course again
- So that the supervisor doesn't get fined for having people with expired
cards on site
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || ALREADY
GRADED A+ < LATEST VERSION >
1. Identify the materials used for enclosure -ANSWER 🗸 Drywall
Vinyl siding
Plywood
Paneling
Caulk and sealant
2. Hazards that exist in residential environments -ANSWER 🗸 Lead dust
Lead contaminated soil
Peeling, chipping paint
Folk remedies
3. Describe how children are typically exposed to lead -ANSWER 🗸 Hand to
mouth activities
Worker take home dust
4. Identify the common routes of worker lead exposure -ANSWER 🗸
Inhalation
Ingestion
5. Describe the basic health effects of lead to workers -ANSWER 🗸
Stomachache
Nausea
Headache
Memory loss
, High Blood pressure
Kidney damage
6. Describe the OSHA ( and other requirements) for lead abatement worker
training -ANSWER 🗸 Info on respirators and their use, types, proper fit
Medical exams for everyone working with lead
Describing what your employer is doing to reduce your exposure to lead
7. Describe the RCRA regulations and regulated information regarding waste
disposal for lead abatement projects -ANSWER 🗸 Commercial/ industrial
projects- tested, labeled, hauled correctly
Residential property- household hazardous waste exemption
8. Identify the lead RCRA definitions of hazardous waste and testing
procedures -ANSWER 🗸 TCLP test- toxic characteristic leaching procedure
Detects how much lead would leach out of the waste. 5mg/l= hazardous
waste
Lead meets the toxicity part of being a hazardous waste
9. "Competent Person for health and safety" as defined by OSHA -ANSWER
🗸 A person who can identify hazards
Someone who can take corrective action
10.OSHA respirator protection standards relevant to lead abatement work -
ANSWER 🗸 When above the permissible exposure limit:
Need to wear HEPA filter and any other appropriate filter
Have a written respiratory program in place
11.OSHA general industry standards relevant to lead abatement work -
ANSWER 🗸 Similar to the construction rule except: it pertains to exposure
to lead when it is not
Construction
Agriculture
Factory manufacturing
Medical removal is different
Return to work level is different
12.Describe blood monitoring requirements -ANSWER 🗸 If air monitoring is
above the action level
, 30ug/m3 for more than 30 days/year
Every 2 months for the first 6 months
If above 40ug/dl then back to every 2 months
At 50ug/dl- medical removal (if 2 consecutive tests)
13.Recognize the correct wording of lead wording signs -ANSWER 🗸
DANGER: Lead work area
May Damage Fertility or the Unborn Child, Cause Damage to the Central
Nervous System, Do Not Eat, Drink, or Smoke in this Area
14.Describe the OSHA construction standards (other than lead regs) -ANSWER
🗸 -Fall protection
-Eye protection
-Hazard Communication
-Anything having to do with worker protection and construction (including
asbestos)
15.Describe the general requirements specified by the OSHA construction
standards -ANSWER 🗸 -Train your people
-Monitor the air they're breathing (PEL is 50ug/m3, AL is 30ug/m3)
-Take steps to reduce exposure to lead
-Do blood monitoring
Keep adequate records
16.Describe the exposure monitoring and written compliance plan requirements
specified by the OSHA lead in construction standards -ANSWER 🗸 -
Depending on what Class work it is, assume a certain exposure of lead
-Adjust respirator after finding out what exposure is
-Document what type of work is being done
-Exposure below AL (30ug/m3) is considered negative assessment. Not
repeated until job conditions change
-If exposure is above PEL (50ug/m3) monitor every 3 months
-between 30-50ug/m3, monitor every 6 months
-written compliance plan
17.Exposure assessment schedule when assessment reports levels below AL
(30ug/m3) -ANSWER 🗸 Not repeated until job conditions change
, 18.Exposure assessment schedule if exposure is above PEL (50ug/m3) -
ANSWER 🗸 Every 3 months
19.Exposure assessment schedule if exposure is between AL (30ug/m3) and
PEL (50ug/m3) -ANSWER 🗸 Every 6 months
20.OSHA hazard communication standards (HAZCOM) relevent to Lead
Abatement work -ANSWER 🗸 -Train workers about hazards they're
working with and how to respond appropriately
-label containers
-Distribute MSDS
21.OSHA Action Level for lead -ANSWER 🗸 30ug/m3
22.OSHA Permissible exposure level for lead -ANSWER 🗸 50ug/m3
23.How often do lead abatement supervisors need to take a refresher course? -
ANSWER 🗸 Every 2 years
24.The units used to express lead levels in air -ANSWER 🗸 ug/m3
25.The units used to express lead levels in soil -ANSWER 🗸 ppm
26.The units used to express lead levels in dust -ANSWER 🗸 ug/sq ft.
27.HUD and EPA post-abatement clearance standards for lead in dust -
ANSWER 🗸 Floor= 40 ug/ft2
Sill= 250 ug/ft2
Well= 400 ug/ft2
28.Describe the purpose and focus of the HUD guidelines -ANSWER 🗸 -
Provide guidance for federally assisted housing
- It has become a standard for the industry
29.Why is it important to ensure that worker certification cards and certificates
are current? -ANSWER 🗸 - So they don't have to take the full course again
- So that the supervisor doesn't get fined for having people with expired
cards on site
